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The paper reviews a present state of the art in magnetron sputtering of alloy films. It shows that a mixing process, i.e. an addition of the second element into a base, one element film is, together with ion bombardment, the second dominant process which can be used to control the film structure. It describes general properties of one element films, binary metal alloy films and the films made of nitrides of binary metal alloys. A special attention is paid to formation of the nanocrystalline and nanocomposite films with a grain size of about 10 nm and smaller, and of the high-temperature phases at low temperatures close to the room temperature. The alloy and alloy-based films with nanocrystalline structure represent, due to their novel structure and new physical properties, a new generation of materials. As an example, a new generation of hard coatings based on nanocomposite materials is given.
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Dedicated to Prof. Jan Janča on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
This work was supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic under Project No. 106/96/K245 and by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic under Project No.VS 96059.
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Musil, J., Vlček, J. Magnetron sputtering of alloy-based films and its specifity. Czech J Phys 48, 1209–1224 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022814319240
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